Sans Faceted Ohta 4 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, sports, signage, industrial, athletic, techy, authoritative, retro, impact, compactness, machined look, condensed, faceted, angular, chamfered, stencil-like.
A condensed, heavy sans with a faceted construction: curves are largely replaced by straight segments and clipped corners, producing an octagonal, machined silhouette. Strokes are sturdy and mostly uniform, with subtle internal notches and chamfers that create a crisp, planar rhythm in both rounds (C, O, G) and diagonals (K, M, N, X). Apertures tend to be tight and counters compact, emphasizing dense color and strong verticality. Numerals and capitals share the same angular logic, yielding a consistent, hard-edged texture in lines of text.
Best suited to display sizes where the chamfered details and angular joins can be appreciated—headlines, posters, logos, packaging, and team or event graphics. It also fits wayfinding and short, high-impact labeling where a compact, forceful texture is desirable.
The overall tone feels engineered and assertive, evoking stamped metal, signage, and scoreboard typography. Its sharp facets and compressed stance add a purposeful, no-nonsense voice with a slight retro-industrial edge.
This design appears intended to translate a geometric sans into a faceted, manufactured aesthetic—prioritizing strong presence, compact proportions, and a consistent system of clipped corners to deliver an industrial, sign-ready voice.
The lowercase follows the same geometric, cut-corner language as the uppercase, helping mixed-case settings retain a unified, structured look. The faceting is pronounced enough to read as a design feature rather than incidental corner rounding, giving the face a distinctive, mechanical signature.